Organization of a media server through a router. Three questions

Good afternoon.

A few questions:

As I understand it, the media server organization is local, meaning a network connection is required?
If the main network is password protected, but there is a guest access without password for 15 minutes, will the guest users be able to access the network disk?
In the FTP settings, I added another user besides myself. However, when configuring and connecting to the network drive on a PC with Win, I am denied access under the new account. It logs in under mine with no problem. Is this an FTP account problem or do I need a global account similar to the one I use to access the router settings?

ASUS RT-N16.

Thank you!

Answer

Hello.

I will try to answer your questions about setting up a media server via router. However, there are some points I don’t understand. What router? Are you setting up a network share, an FTP server, or a media server. Those are different things.

Yes, to access the media server, all devices must be connected to the same network (same router).
Typically, the guest network is completely isolated from the primary network. That is, by default, clients on the guest network will not have access to the media server. However, some routers have an option to allow guest network clients to access the attached drive.
For FTP accounts, it’s hard to answer as I don’t know what router and can’t see the settings. If you have configured everything correctly, you should be able to log in under a new account. And I don’t understand why you need FTP if you want to configure a media server, as far as I understand.

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